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Any house in the inner suburbs is so overpriced for what it is, it is just ridiculous! “It’s the land value, you know.” When you move out many of the local authorities stipulate the size of the house that has to be built on a block. This regulation forces the youngsters to buy really expensive large houses, pay massive improvement fees to local authorites, boost the profits of property developers, and take on huge debts that have to be serviced to the banks. The land supply is also kept to a minimum to make sure that no cheap land is available to build on. All these problems are further magnified in Australia where negative gearing allows investors to write off all losses on residential property, off against any income they derive. (Grossly bad and dishonest tax policy that greatly disadvantages anyone trying to enter the property market!) So please feel free to stick this theory … Now FF. Vested interests again have an interest to see that the maximum possible revenue falls into their clutches. The more complex Formula Ford becomes and the more susceptible they are to tweaking with the aid of data logging, engines built after thousands of hours on a dynamometer and bodywork tested in wind tunnels and manufactured from carbon fibre, the more a competitor has to spend to be competitive. Hard work and intelligence simply won’t make you competitive. Release the plans that a chassis must be built to, stipulate the materials and the welding brazing process, specify all components on price, introduce a number of different engines and run them under claimer engines; any spec engine can be bought from another competitor for a set price immediately after a race. Ballast the cars for driver weight. Allow free bodywork with same claimer rules. Specify the number of tyres per meeting / season. What you need is a cheap accessible car / chassis that anyone can build with cheap accessible components and competition for their supply. What the series has to avoid is the suppliers and constructors conspiring to increase the complexity and drive up the prices and barriers to entry for their mutual benefit. This should be a driver series. Rants over! |
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Meanwhile, Honda pulls the pin on the ARC, effect 2014.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/08/29/...-championship/ Making room in the budget for a re-branded FF1600 national series, a la the USA? |
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Real racing costs real money. I knew a bloke whose son wanted to run FV, said bloke was what would be called a millionaire. Three races into the first season he realised that if they kept racing he was not going to be a millionaire for long if they kept going and the car was sold. If you have to ask the question then you have never raced. Running a kart seriously at national level will easily cost over 50K a year and that's only got one cylinder and no suspension.
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To make a small fortune from racing.......
Start with a large fortune !!!!!!! |
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Hard work and intelligence do make you competitive, a computer and a roll of carbon fiber alone do not.
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So the shannons nationals is on the cards.
FFs could halve their entry fees and double their tv exposure! Which isn't hard when they get no coverage from vesa. Maybe even get back to the mountain again with the 12hr or Easter |
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That does not stop the cheque books coming out and forcing the cost of competition up. Karting is the epitome of cheque book racing caused by a mind set of spec racing, it does not work and never has. Yes, hard work and intelligence can make you competitive and so can outright talent up to a point. Above that the expectation is you have the money before you try and compete in let's say V8's. Try and get a drive without bringing something to the table, it won't happen, hard work and intelligence just went out the window, it got you there but no money, no drive.
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Having thought about it for a couple of days since my last post, I think we are missing something here.
from the press release, CAMS Chief Executive Eugene Arocca says the costs of staging the national competition together with a lack of manufacturer support..." “As much as CAMS would like to see a thriving national Formula Ford competition, this has been and will be difficult to achieve. We agreed to run the category in 2013 when the Category Manager at the time was not able to continue doing so due to financial pressures – primarily a result of the withdrawal of important funding from the manufacturer. Those pressures have not eased and despite careful management of the category this year by CAMS, we simply cannot justify the time and money it will take to continue doing so beyond 2013.”" sure they mention cost of competing but lets face it that doesn't change no matter the class. First lets remember CAMS are not a category manager / promoter having moved out of this long ago. The important to read between that is that the costs of administering a national championship have gotten so out of hand that it is unviable without a benefactor |
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It will be the national series for formula ford, round makeup is being worked on if you mean does it go to WA I guess we'll find out but as costs of competing in the championship are one of the things that needs to be addressed that comes into consideration. |
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Thanks CAMS.... and the F4 plan... The VE Mr Waters drove has been for sale for a while, the transporter is on my105 too... plus the Formula Fords & running gear... |
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